Column: What liberalism means to me

When I was a kid, “liberal” had to do with being open to new ideas, tolerance of the ideas and behaviors of others, freedom of the individual, generous.

Now that I am older, the word “liberalism” has taken on a sinister meaning. It is a mean-spirited, close-minded, mainstream media- and socialist-backed group of people who do not let you have an opinion unless it agrees with theirs; screaming in your face types who, rather than debate you on the issues, attack your person and try to demonize you for your beliefs; who advocate for no God in the public square other than their big government; “I know what is best” for the masses mentality; is privately a scrooge and donates little in time or money to those in need because that is what Big Gubment is for, a secular humanist who proclaims he knows better than you what is good for you..

Money, no religious belief, and bigotry often motivate a political liberal. To him the only belief is his belief. Liberalism has become a religion whose followers must scream in your face to the masses. They follow the Saul Alinsky school of activism and intend to convert everyone to their belief, or break them down until they are too tired to fight against it.

A liberal believes that no life is sacred, so use that abortion or birth control and let’s make the people pay for those who make the mistake of being “burdened” with a pregnancy.

A liberal believes that consensus is proven science. He believes that a theory is proven science. He does not believe that the hand of God could have created the beauty of all that we call life and enabled us to progress in scientific discovery.

He believes in global warming because of the consensus of some scientists who proclaim it the gospel. He discounts the many other scientists that refute that claim.

He believes in the theory of evolution and demands that it is the only thing taught in public schools.

A liberal has no business trying to cram his belief system down our throats by enacting his moral relativism into law.

A liberal only believes in what is the cause of the day. It was global cooling and the next ice age in the ‘70s and now it is global warming, even though temperatures have not risen in the last 10 to 15 years, and this has been the coolest previous winter and current summer on record for many many years.

I am not a lifelong Democrat and I would never vote for such a person should he be the only candidate available.

As for the rest, I could copy it all and make it apply to what I have written in your finger-pointing style. You see how easy it is to put one political party (no matter if you belong to it or not) or belief into a box?